Fat is the new Thin

“Fat is Fun!” At least that’s the “word” from Turkey.

Researchers at Erciyes University in Kayseri have just completed a yearlong study correlating “Body Mass Index” (BMI) and “Male Sexual Performance.”

Their findings: “Men with excess body fat last longer in bed.”

In fact, “heavier” men were able to make “love” for an average of 7.3 minutes, while “slender” men could count themselves “blessed” if they held on for a “mere” 108 seconds.

The reason? Female “hormones.”

Men with excess “fat” showed higher “levels” of the female “estradiol” sex hormone.

This substance apparently “disrupted” their bodies’ natural “male” neurotransmitter chemicals and “slowed” their “progression” towards orgasm.

Ironically, the less “masculine” their bodies appeared, the better “lovers” they proved to be.

A “lardo” has another plus as a lover. “Cuddling a skinny man is like hugging a skeleton. Embracing a fatso is akin to hugging a teddy bear.”

The scientists “compared” the BMI and sexual “performance” of over 100 men who were being treated for “sexual dysfunction” with 100 other males who lasted “longer” during sex.

They found that men “suffering” from premature “ejaculation” were on the whole “thinner and fitter” than their “better endowed” brethren.

Using the researchers’ “logic,” you might think that “American” men, living in what the “World Health Organization” (WHO) has identified as the world’s third fattest country with an estimated 66.7 percent of the population being “obese” would be the world’s most “exquisite” lovers.

Unfortunately, the study does not take a “stand” on this issue. Nor is there any “scientific or anecdotal” evidence to “suggest” that it is true.

In fact, last year the “global” research website “Onepoll.com” conducted a survey of 15,000 women from 20 countries on the subject, and Americans showed up “fifth” from the bottom for being “too rough.”

Spaniards, Brazilians and Italians took “top” honors. But as Benjamin Disraeli supposedly said, “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

This is not to “deny” that, when it comes to “overweight” lovers, there may also be an issue of “quality vs. quantity” involved, not to mention “aesthetic and cardio” logical issues.

But why “spoil” a good story?

For now, make sure your next “love” banquet includes plenty of “burgers, chips, beer, bratwursts and pecan pies.”

And if you last “over” 7 minutes in bed you are a “champion” no matter what your “weight” is.

Can’t “wait” to use this study to “mousetrap” my wife when she “tries” to get me to “lose” weight in 2015.

Nowadays, when it comes to sex, “fat is the new thin.”

Oh wait, it also means you are full of “female” hormones, have sweet “supple” tits, and are basically a “disguised” woman.

But at the “end of the day” you sort of have to “take what you can get.”

Full Beauty

Photographer Yossi Loloi

Art comes in many forms and Italian photographer Yossi Loloi, 36, is a photographic artist.

He takes pictures of plus size models calling his portfolio “Full Beauty.”

He says:

“In my work I portray what larger women represent to me.

I focus on their fullness and femininity, as a form of protest against discrimination set by media and by today’s society.

What larger women embody to me is simply a different form of beauty. I believe we own ‘freedom of taste’ and one shouldn’t be reluctant of expressing his inclination towards it.

Limiting this freedom is living in a dictatorship of esthetics. I believe there are several ways to what is perceived as beauty, it is not measurable and has not got a standard size.

I photograph my models nude and serene, to create a comfortable, proud and constructive representation of themselves in front of the viewer.“

While most photographers hone their skills dreaming of becoming the next “Sports Illustrated” issue photographer having “super thin” models pose in front of their lens wearing nothing but their “birthday” suit, Yossi has gone in an opposite direction.

He shows a softness and beauty to an often “ignored” body type by showcasing women up to 600 pounds thereby challenging the traditional image of the “nude” muse.

He must have taken a “hint” from Lucian Freud and Peter Paul Rubens when he takes these “nude” photographs of women 420 pounds and larger.

With a deep “respect” for his subject and a “challenging” eye toward both pop culture and art history, Loloi shows that the history of the female “nude” is a dangerously limited one.

While it is a rarity to show “curvy” bodies in advertising, entertainment or even contemporary art, “morbidly obese” women are virtually “never” acknowledged in these realms, despite the growing number of Americans who are overweight.

Everyone is aware of the “ridiculous” beauty standards our “society” demands of everyone, especially women.

There is also an overwhelming pressure to be “thin” and “young.” Features of ethnic minorities are often excluded as “negative” beauty traits.

Yossi’s fascination with “women of size” led him to New York’s underground “fat acceptance” scene in 2006 where he began taking these “provocative” images of women, known as “Super Sized Big Beautiful Women” (SSBBW), in all their “glory” for the sake of “art” by hiding nothing from the “intrusive” glare of the lens.